This vintage table cloth captures the spirit of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Doesn’t it make you feel like gathering the community for a quick barn-raising, followed by a potluck feast?
The tablecloth above is one of many I grew up with. It was always my favorite. Everything tasted better when the table had such a cute cloth covering it.
What is he thinking about?
This one was handed down from my mother-in-law. I love the rooster’s expression of contemplation.
I don’t often take pictures of the moon. When I got my current camera, I went outside, took a picture of the moon as it looked from where I was standing, then zoomed in to see what the camera could capture. It was pretty good! Although apparently I had trouble keeping it in frame and […]
The photo challenge set before us on September 20 was Spiders and Their Webs. I like to take pictures of spiders because they usually stay still long enough, and their behavior is interesting to watch. A very common and noticeable spider is the Yellow Garden Spider, Argiope aurantia. They stay in one place for weeks, […]
This is the third part of my submission for the Nature Photo Challenge #28: Wild Animals. In my first post on this topic, I explained about our two family properties in very different sections of Texas. This post will be talking about the second one, in the Hill Country of Central Texas. In many areas […]
In our travels, we have seen some iconic North American animals. You can see more animals from the Elk Refuge at my post here. It was fun to revisit old travels for this second installment for the current Nature Photo Challenge: Wild Animals. Do you have any animal photographs in your archives? There’s still time […]
This week Denzil asks us to show wild animals for his Nature Photo Challenge #28. That is a huge topic and I think this will be a three-part series! I see lots of wild animals on the two properties that belong to our family. The one where we live full time is in East Texas, […]
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is probably my all-time favoirte movie. I watched it again not too long ago, and was afraid it would feel dated. But I enjoyed it as much as I did the first time. It’s a real classic!
The quilts in that movie are amazing!